Progress in the preparation of nanomaterials employing template method

Template method is preferable to other approaches for the preparation of nanomaterials,with which the structure,morphology and size of nanomaterials can be effectively controlled by simply altering the nature of template and the preparation conditions. Therefore,preparation of nanomaterials by means of template method is a hot research topic in materials science and attracts much attention in recent years. The present review summarizes the development in preparation of nanomaterials with soft and hard template methods. Finally,the developing trends of template method for preparing nanomaterials are proposed.